A lot of us get caught up with our lives. We forget the bigger picture. We forget to experience. We forget to LIVE, myself included. You owe it to yourself to get out there and go through life with a spontaneous approach.

As an actor It's so important to get out there and live. It's absolutely imperative that you go outside the box and do more than just go through the motions. We draw from our experiences. How do you expect to have a good career with nothing to draw from? GO OUT! LIVE! LOVE! LOSE! FEEL!

There's an actor who once smashed a poor child's toy RC car and broke it so he could understand what it's like to feel that HURT that you've put in someone. I'm not saying you should break a poor child's toy but It's important to relate to your emotions to give a raw performance. Go out. Live!

I want to experience what life has to offer. I want to run in the rain for no reason. I want to feel adventurous and spontaneous without worrying about the outcome. I want to help people, have you ever felt the feeling of being truly appreciated? I want to jump out of an airplane to feel that RUSH. I want to feel hurt, I want to feel happy. I want to meet people and experience all that life has to offer. Yes, I've hurt people in the past and I've most definitely been hurt. Losing a father to suicide has really given me an unfortunate gift to FEEL and EXPRESS pain on screen in such a way. It's given me anger and regret. It's filled me with sadness, with a lack of closure, with a constant wondering of WHAT IF but that has caused such a beast inside me that will always help me create a powerful, relatable character for my career.

My main point here is this, It's our responsibility to experience life to It's fullest so we can share our experiences of emotion for others to RELATE to. You can't live life in box and expect to be inspired. You must live to be inspired. Find INSPIRATION to INSPIRE. Don't be afraid of getting hurt. Don't let circumstances control you. Don't be apart of the mold. SEPARATE yourself from the rest and show people that there is more to life than just existing. There's more to life than existing, There's Living!

A lot of people get so caught up in other people's opinions. I'm guilty of it myself from time to time. When you allow other people's opinions to get the best of you, you're really getting the best of yourself. We are in total control over our mind our body and our spirit. You make the conscious choice everyday to get out of bed and face THIS day however you decide to face it. Allowing people to put you down, hurt your feelings or make you fell LESS than is only you hurting yourself. It's like the saying goes, you better not ever get beat because you beat yourself. It's completely up to you how far you want to go in life. How successful do you want to be? We all have that inner choice to do something great. Sometimes the outcome you want takes longer than you expected but I can promise you one thing. If you stay the course through all the battles and being told NO over and over again, you work harder than you ever have in your entire life, you DON'T give up, you STOP feeling sorry for yourself and you PUSH through the pain, blood, sweat and tears you will find that light at the end of the tunnel and It's going to be so satisfying knowing that you made it when everyone else around you said you couldn't. You're going to get banged up and hurt along the way. That's inevitable but it also creates character and drive. Sometimes Being told NO or falling apart every once in a while is the best motivational experience you will ever have.

I've been in Atlanta for four months now and I've had countless disappointments from unexpected problems like my laptop crashing or car not starting. Yes, I had that moment with my head on my steering wheel asking myself "how am I going to get through this" but I PUSH through it and find a way. God has a way of working things out. I've started this journey with a personal trainer and I've injured myself twice now but i stayed the course and worked around my injuries, I'm all healed up and still going strong. I've gained ten pounds of muscle so far!

Sometimes there are things in life you just have to outlast. Just stay the course. JUST STAY THE COURSE! Be the best you can be everyday.

LIGHTWORX ENTERTAINMENT FILM, ASHES OF EDEN, TO DEBUT ON UPLIFTV andPARABLES TV APRIL 1st.Edgy Crime Drama Available on DVD April 5​Nashville, TN (December 2, 2015) – LightWorxEntertainment film, Ashes of Eden, is set to make its world-wide debut on UplifTv and ParablesTV on April 1, 2016. Air times will be forthcoming. The Inspirational yet edgy crime drama, written and directed by Shane Hagedorn and produced by New House Entertainment, Collective Development, Inc. and Ahptic Film & Digtal, will also release to DVD nation-wide on April 5, 2016. The official trailer for the film can be viewed at www.lightworxentertainment.com/films/ashes-of-eden.

“Ashes of Eden is a film that brings to light the consequences of making the wrong choices in life yet shows the redemptive power through our Faith,” says Isaac Hernnandez, VP of Programming for UplifTv and Parables TV. “While this is a very edgy movie, it is a perfect tool to use with the younger generation to bring them to Faith. UplifTv is very excited to partner with LightWorx Entertainment to bring this great movie to the masses.”

A new and unique family-friendly television network that offers more inspirational movies and documentaries than any other faith-based channel, UplifTv is available to all Direct TV subscribers with HD-capable equipment on channel 379 and on a growing number of cable television systems. ParablesTV was developed to provide families with an alternative to traditional network television. Featuring Christian movies, documentaries, series, children’s programming and original productions, Parables programs are thought-provoking, uplifting and inspire discussion about topics that are important to faith. ParablesTV is available via subscription and can be viewed on iPhone, iPad, Android devices, Apple TV and Roku.

“We are thrilled that UplifTV and ParableTV are partnering with us to take Ashes of Eden to the masses,” Randy Maricle, LightWorx Entertainment Managing Parnter, explains. “It’s a great film that will have a definite impact. We’re glad these networks understand this and are willing to take a risk with an edgy film.”

Ashes of Eden is the story of Red (Sutherland), an 18 year-old who made some bad choices and done his time, but is still paying the consequences. Secretly selling stolen drugs in order to help his police officer mother (Anschutz) pay the mortgage, Red unknowingly starts a bloodbath between rival dealers and ends up in the center of the spotlight. This gritty cautionary tale proves that having a bad reputation and being in the wrong place at the wrong time are an unfortunate combination – even when you’re trying to do the right thing – but also reassures that redemption can come.ABOUT LIGHTWORX ENTERTAINMENT

Launched in January 2015 by industry powerhouse, Randy Maricle, LightWorx Entertainment exists to provide content creators with a profitable and creative option for marketing, development and distribution – using Christ-modeled business practices – that will deliver their product to end consumers with impact. With four films already in the market for 2015 and six more before the end of the year, LightWorx is gearing up for a big 2016 with seven films, including three theatrical releases, in the first half of the year.​For more information about LightWorx Entertainment and its releases, please visit www.lightworxentertainment.com. Updates can also be found on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.For more information and media inquiries, please contact:Anita Crawford | Springboard Entertainment615.852.7416 or anita@springboardentertainment.com

When you're faced with an opportunity of a lifetime what are you going to do with it? The worst thing in the world is losing to someone who isn't better than you. The worst thing in the world is having an opportunity to CHANGE YOUR LIFE and not working hard enough to get it. You have the chance to do something great and you're wasting it.

The ones who make it in this world are the ones who put it the work even when nobody is watching. They don't give up, they don't let fear influence them in a negative way, They create, They're WARRIORS! Don't be outworked by someone with less talent than you. THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD IS LOSING TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AS TALENTED AS YOU. THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD IS HAVING THE TALENT WITHOUT THE DRIVE. You need to GRIND you need to FIGHT you need to PUT IN WORK if you want to get to where you want to be in your LIFE. Tell me something, what are you doing with your life? What are you fighting for? GRIND! Push yourself! Lose sleep! Don't be afraid to take risks! OUTWORK EVERYONE! I'll say it again, OUTWORK EVERYONE! Be the ONE who beats those who are more talented than you because you simply work harder. BE RELENTLESS. BE RELENTLESS BE RELENTLESS BE RELENTLESS! FIGHT! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!!!! Stop making excuses for where you are right now. You are exactly where you are because of the lack of work you've put in. and when you GET TO THE TOP, WHEN YOU GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, WORK HARDER! BE A BEAST! Stop giving up Stop working to 50% of your potential and PUSH your potential beyond 110% Put in 120%! Put in work for yourself. For your Life, for your loved ones. FIGHT FOR IT! BLEED FOR IT!

It's day five in Atlanta. I'm making slow progress. I wasn't as prepared as I thought when I got here. I'm tightening up my resume and getting updated head shots in two days. I've made some very helpful connections so far. It seems this southern hospitality is a real thing. I'm going to start taking a few workshops and acting classes as soon as next week I'm hoping. I have hindered my chances at getting a national commercial but that's okay because you learn as you go and I'm not going to allow progress to halt. Failure is a learning experience. We grow strong from it and we MUST never be ashamed of it. I would say I have the right to be ashamed only if I did nothing about it. Pick yourself up and LEARN from your mistakes. BETTER YOURSELF.

I do have two auditions for lead roles in feature films coming up which I'm pretty excited about. One of which I know I'm super excited about because It gives me an "excuse" to gain some muscle mass. We will see how those go! nonetheless They're opportunities and opportunities are always a good thing.

My life is taking a strange twist of fate coming this September. Besides the overall obvious circumstances with the film incentives officially going away in Michigan, I must take my craft and fight to the next level. Michigan has been fantastic to me thus far in my journey. This is my home. It's where I landed my first lead role as Red in Ashes of Eden. I've starred in commercials and music videos that shot in Michigan. I must take this fight to the next level. I've said it before and I will say it again. TO GET WHAT YOU'VE NEVER HAD YOU MUST DO WHAT YOU'VE NEVER DONE. I have thankfully landed an agency in Atlanta and I am still looking for a place to stay as well as a job to keep me a float. I am very happy to announce that I will not be going through this journey alone as I have a great friend and amazing actor Talon Quinn coming with me. Talon resides in Missouri right now. He and I starred in Surrender together.

After speaking to a few very well established actors out of LA and Canada I have learned that Atlanta is quickly becoming the new place to be as an actor. Without naming names, a friend in LA who has acted in ever marvel movie known to man as well as any other major blockbuster has personally told me NOT to come to LA. Most of his friends and colleagues are making changes to get to Atlanta as well. I'm so exited for this change in my life although It's going to be hard to leave my girlfriend, family and friends.They're all extremely supportive of my dreams and want nothing but the best for me and my goals. I'm well aware that the months to come are going to be some of the hardest times I've ever faced in my life. I would much rather fight and struggle for what I need with my life than go to a normal job 9-5 for the rest of my life. It's very true, the moment you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe then you'll be successful. Here's to freedom and life. Here's to taking risks and making every second count. Here's to chasing what I want with my life. Here's to the fight to help make a difference not only in my life but for everyone in my life. Here's to fight for my fathers last words to me "I know you'll be a great actor someday." I love you, I love the fight. Thank you God and thank you to my girlfriend who is so supportive. She is such an amazing strong person to be okay with me to do me and fight for what I want. I know It's a risk but It's going to be worth it!

Dear Friends, We're proud and honored to announce that our 16-min. narrative short film 'Standing Post' is 'An Official Selection' of the 39th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival, set for March 18-29 on the shores of Lake Erie. Why is this so important? Just another festival? Hardly. The ﻿CIFF﻿ is the biggest festival in Ohio (a huge state) and one of the largest in the Midwest. Over its 12-day run at the Towne City Centre, the festival will roll approx. 100K people through its doors in appreciation of film. Nearly 1,600 short films were submitted from 60 countries and 'Standing Post' is one of only 234 selected for screening. As an added incentive, the CIFF is one of a very small percentage of film festivals that is Academy Awards sanctioned. Jury award-winning films can be submitted to the Oscars for consideration. I'm not naive enough to think that could happen, but you have to be in the game and go up to bat to hit a home run. We don't make films for awards, we make them to practice our craft, tell good stories and conduct business. But you have to find an audience and events this big don't hurt. smile emoticon Like Lebron James, we're returning to Cleveland (Quicken Loans Arena is across the street) after a four-year absence when our documentary feature 'Outside the Wire' was an audience favorite. The Red, White and Blue Project. - Anthony Hornus of the Red, White and Blue Project as well as the Writer, Director and Producer of Standing Post.

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2013 was most definitely a good year and a bad year. It was a year filled with learning and a year full of loss and gain. 2013 brought me many opportunities and many learning experiences. I recently spent thanksgiving with a man I call a father. I was not aware that this thanksgiving was the last time I would see him. He was my dads best friend. He was at the hospital when I was born. He was the man that put cash in my hand when I was just a boy and demanded that I buy myself candy. He took on a great responsibility after my dad passed away. He happily took me under his wing guiding me and pushing me to be the best man I could be. I remember countless times being yelled at for all the right reasons. I remember him showing affection when needed and teaching me lessons to help me build myself into the man that I am. He was the man that made up a contract with me when I was a little boy. The contract stated that I would take care of him someday when I make it big in acting. I signed it, he signed it and a witness signed it. Obviously it was all in good fun but it was another way to motivate myself to succeed not only for myself but for those around me. Now that he's gone I feel as if I have an even bigger obligation to succeed more than anything. He will forever have a spot in my heart. I am very excited about the year to come! 2013 was a great year for me. I met so many great people in this crazy industry. I've worked with so many great people and I look forward to working with some of you in 2014. I have many reasons to be excited about this new year. There are so many promising opportunities to look forward to. Even if some don't lift off the ground I am beyond fortunate to have been given these chances. I look forward to creating more memories! I look forward to building stronger relationships with some of you not only for business but on a personal level too. Some of you I consider family. I don't want to have any specific new years resolutions. my main thing is that I want to keep improving in everything I am and everything I do. My knowledge, my business sense, my art, my passion, my love and my pursuit! I had an amazing journey with my good friend writer/director/producer/actor and among other things, SHANE HAGEDORN. We took a road trip together to get to Missouri for the premiere of SURRENDER. a wonderful film I starred in earlier on in 2013 Thank you Michael Joiner for helping me make the connection. I got to spend time with all of the people that helped build that amazing movie. I was flown to Florida for another screening of SURRENDER where I had some amazing meetings for some awesome opportunities for 2014. I was able to connect my mentor with some of the producers I am in contact with. I cannot wait to see what opportunities that will bring for all of our careers!I starred in a music video for a German band that was a lot of fun and it seems to be getting a lot of positive attention! I really enjoy working with Jesse Low and Cassidy Bisher. We did the music video together and a Cooley Law School Commercial together. Great guys! 2014 is going to kick-off right with an ASHES OF EDEN premiere and the release of STANDING POST. I'm also excited to see where SURRENDER will go. There are talks of taking that film to the next level, I am excited to see how far that movie will go!2014!!!Let's do this!Love the FIGHT!Love the PURSUIT! Steven Sutherland